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The Blooming Key by La’Keah Shanelle

The Blooming Key: A Cozy Couch Mystery by La’Keah Shanelle

A baker. An avid reader. A security guard.

All of these are ways in which Alice Hernandez defines herself. But soon, she will be adding a new title to that list:Amateur Sleuth.

Alice lives in a small town. The kind where nothing exciting ever happens. Still, she takes her job as head of security at the local museum seriously. They often get traveling exhibits with precious artifacts, and it’s her job each night to make sure everything is safe and where it should be.

One night, her meticulous but boring routine is interrupted when her new team of guards is nowhere to be found. Following her instincts, she searches for them and the source of the odd tingle she gets when things aren’t quite right. And she lands herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Just in time for a gunshot to barely miss her.

Something sinister is plaguing her small town, and she’ll stop at nothing to find out what. And one tiny clue may have been the answer all along.

If you enjoy old-school Agatha Christie and J.B. Fletcher, you’ll love this cozy mystery full of twists and turns you won’t see coming.

Download The Blooming Key while it’s on sale on Amazon June 9 – 10.

Delayed Redemption by Kel O’Connor

Delayed Redemption: Book 3 of The DAG Team Series by Kel O’Connor

Mateo:
“I’m too damaged for Janey. An ex-con, a killer, a spy. She deserves better.”

Janey:
“Mateo is the only one who has ever touched my heart. I refuse to live without him.”

Download Delayed Redemption by Kel O’Connor while it’s free on Amazon June 5 – 15.

Dare to Survive by Carolyn V. Hamilton

Dare to Survive: Based on the true story of a woman conned and imprisoned in South America for drug trafficking by Carolyn V. Hamilton

Lima’s airport security check-point my life changed forever. Dragging the wheeled scuba case across the scarred linoleum, I shifted my backpack on my shoulder and headed for security. There the attendant with a wordless half-smile placed the case and my backpack on the conveyor belt.

I’d arrived early—three hours before my scheduled Aero Mexico flight—and found Lima’s international airport almost empty. My watch read 8:10 p.m. Dom wouldn’t arrive for another half-hour. I’d get the x-ray part of check-in out of the way, find a place to sit in this lifeless, shoebox of an airport, and wait for him and the Aero Mexico desk people to arrive. Darkness outside and the humid October night air made the airport chilly, and my feet in their high-heeled sandals were cold.

Minutes passed. The x-ray guy asked me something in Spanish. All I understood was my name. “Kath-rrreen Prrrentees.” Cathryn Prentis. “No habla Español.”

He rolled over the scuba case. “Scuba?”

“Sì. Scuba tank. There’s no pressure.” I opened the case so he could see for himself.
He removed the tank’s valve and sent the tank back through the x-ray machine without the case.

“Something wrong?”

He didn’t look at me when he answered. “No.”

I figured he didn’t speak much, if any, English. Had he understood my question? Pain from standing so long on high heels burned up my back. I shifted my weight from one foot to the other. A banding ache tightened my arches. Oh, to just sit down in a chair. What had I been thinking when I put on high-heeled sandals? I spotted a nearby row of chairs and tottered towards them.

The Peruvian x-ray attendant exploded in a loud barrage of Spanish. Who was he yelling at? I looked around, saw people staring at me. I stopped, looked back at the x-ray guy. How military he looked in his brown airport uniform.

In broken English he cried, “No move.”

Download Dare to Survive while it’s free on Amazon June 3 – 5.

The Loss: A Fragile Journey by Rae Greenwood

The Loss: A Fragile Journey by Rae Greenwood


Follow along on a journey through poetry as a woman struggles with an early pregnancy loss and battles rage, confusion, and sadness. This is a book of loss and emotional recovery.

Download The Loss: A Fragile Journey by Rae Greenwood while it’s free on Amazon May 31 – June 2.

 

About a hidden Garden by Werner Langer

About a hidden Garden by Werner Langer

“Speed kills” the large bill-board announced, promoting a number of questions.
“Is speed greed? Is speed a desire to be in a position where simply we cannot be as yet?”

Imagine, telling the operator in your local movie-theater to run the movie a bit faster, because you’re in a hurry. What about running through a garden and enjoying the flowers?

Be sure to download About a hidden Garden by Werner Langer while it’s free on Amazon May 27th.